Minors for Business and Economics Students
Accounting Minor
Six accounting courses to include the following three courses consisting of two and one half course units:
- ACC 111: Accounting Procedures Lab
- ACC 316: Intermediate Accounting/Auditing I
- ACC 318: Intermediate Accounting/Auditing II
Three and one half-additional course units selected from the following list (At least one course unit must be at the 300-level or above):
- ACC 216: Professional Issues in Accounting
- ACC 218: Accounting Information Systems
- ACC 219: Introduction to Data Analytics in Accounting
- ACC 270: Special Topics in Accounting
- ACC 315: Tax Accounting
- ACC 317: Intermediate Accounting II
- ACC 370: Special Topics in Accounting
- ACC 416: Advanced Accounting
- ACC 417: Government and Not for Profit Accounting
- ACC 419: Information Systems and Controls
- ACC 455: Independent Study
Business Administration Minor
Six courses to include:
- ACC 112: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ACC 212: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- BUS 331: Marketing: Principles and Management
- BUS 341: Organization and Management
- FIS 303: Financial Management
- ECON 227: Statistics for Business and Economics
Economics Minor
A minimum of six courses to include:
- ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
- ECON 301: Intermediate Microeconomics I
- ECON 302: Intermediate Microeconomics II
- Three additional economics courses, at least two at the 300 level or above.
ECON 227 does not count towards the minor.
Entrepreneurship Minor
The minor requires six courses, as follows:
- BUS 240: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- BUS 330: Funding Startups and Nonprofits
- BUS 340: Starting a Business
- BUS 440: Project in Entrepreneurship
Two elective courses selected from the following:
- ACC 112: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ACC 212: Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- ART 141: Graphic Design I
- BUS 331: Marketing: Principles and Management
- BUS 341: Organization and Management
- BUS 355: Business Law I
- ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
- ECON 227: Statistics for Business and Economics
- ENGL 214: Digital Storytelling
- FIS 303: Financial Management
- JOUR 315: Public Relations and Strategic Communication
- PSCI/SOC 398: Grant Writing
No less than one elective must be an ACC, BUS, ECON, or FIS course.
Entrepreneurship Certificate
The certificate in Entrepreneurship requires that students complete the following three courses:
- BUS 240: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- BUS 330: Funding Startups and Nonprofits
- BUS 340: Starting a Business
Finance Minor
A minimum of six courses to include:
- ACC 112: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- FIS 303: Financial Management
- ECON 227: Statistics for Business and Economics
Three additional courses selected from the following list:
- FIS 304: Risk Management/Property-Liability
- FIS 305: Financial Statement Analysis
- FIS 306: Cases in Financial Modeling
- FIS 307: Life/Health/Social Insurance
- FIS 308: Derivatives
- FIS 309: Investments
- FIS 409: Portfolio Management
- FIS 300: Seminar in Finance (may be repeated for different topics)
- FIS 370: Special Topics in Finance (may be repeated for different topics)
Financial Economics Minor
A minimum of six courses to include:
- ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
- ECON 301: Intermediate Microeconomics I
- ECON 302: Intermediate Microeconomics II
- ECON 311: Money and Banking
- ECON 328: Applied Econometrics
- ECON 352: International Finance
Finance for Business-Related Majors Minor
A minimum of five finance and economic courses chosen from the following:
- FIS 303: Financial Management
- FIS 304: Risk Management/Property-Liability Insurance
- FIS 305: Financial Statement Analysis
- FIS 306: Cases in Financial Modeling
- FIS 307: Life/Health/Social Insurance
- FIS 308: Derivatives
- FIS 309: Investments
- FIS 409: Portfolio Management
- ECON 311: Money and Banking
- ECON 352: International Finance
- FIS 370: Special Topics in Finance (may be repeated for different topics)
- FIS 300: Seminar in Finance (may be repeated for different topics
Hispanic Studies for Business Professions
Six Hispanic Studies courses beyond SPAN 201, including:
- SPAN 203: Spanish as a World Language
- SPAN 250: Business Spanish and its Cultural Context or BARC 250
- SPAN 307: Reading and Writing Culture
- One additional course in Cultures and Identities taken from courses numbered SPAN 320-339
- One additional course in Texts and Con(texts) taken from courses numbered SPAN 340-369
- One elective, which can be a cross-listed SPAN/LC course
Human Services Management Minor
Five courses to include:
- ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
- ACC 112: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- FIS 200: Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
Two courses chosen from
- BUS 332: Marketing in Services Industries and Not-for-Profit Organizations
- BUS 341: Organization and Management I
- BUS 344: Human Resources Management